This website is a collection of horror stories, news reports and other information addressing problems with Paypal, Inc..

PayPal Warning

While we do not have the resources to verify each and every complaint we receive, we do believe that all reports posted here are true based on our own experience with Paypal and the growing number of corroborating horror stories we receive every day. The main subject of the majority of these horror stories is the following:

Your Paypal account can be frozen at any time, without advance notice, leaving you without your money for months (if not forever), and there isn't much you can do about it.If you would like to submit your own PayPal horror story, we would be more than happy to post it for everyone to read, providing that it is truthful and void of inappropriate language. Please feel free to submit your story by clicking Here

How Does PayPal Make Money With My Money?

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, there are approx. 100,000 complaints outstanding at PayPal (Are any of these yours?). In many instances disputes can run on for months leaving people frustrated and out of pocket as they are unable to access their accounts. So what happens to the millions of dollars tied up in frozen accounts and disputes? Well, here is a clip from the San Francisco Chronicle that basically sums it up:

U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel of San Jose refused to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks class-action status on behalf of thousands of PayPal customers nationwide. A common allegation is that the company brushes off or stalls customer grievances for months and meanwhile freezes the customer's account and pockets the interest (So that's how they make their money!). No wonder they freeze so many accounts!

This complaint is related to the registration fees of an international conference named CIARP’14 to be held in Mexico the coming November. The conference fees of CIARP’14 are 500 USD. However, PayPal charges 580 USD and I received an invoice … Continue reading →

I WAS TOLD MY ACCOUNT HAS BEEN RESTRICTED, I HAVE BEEN LISTING WITH EBAY FOR 14 YEARS. I THINK THIS IS BULLSHIT THE REASONS THAT EBAY HAS TO RESTRICT ME. WHO WILL HEAR MY VERSION BECAUSE THERE ARE ALWAYS 2 … Continue reading →

I have two bank accounts registered with these bunch of idiots (PayPal). One is marked as primary but they decided to take funds out of the non primary account. I phoned customer services and asked Craig why they did this, … Continue reading →

This is a negative rating if that were possible. They are horrible. I have filed a complaint with them, my bank and the BBB. That is just the beginning. It’s is my intention to post THIER dishonesty & unreliable business … Continue reading →

I created my account in 2009. At that time you only needed to get 10+ feedback scores to sell on ebay. The first Item I sold sold for about $1000.00 and I received positive feedback for it. I sold a … Continue reading →

For some reason I have a habit of checking my PayPal account amount before I go on EBay. And it’s good I did because this morning I found that PayPal had deducted 4.46 from my account at the same time … Continue reading →

My husband was unjustly permanently banned from Paypal because he purchased a gold coin, which, once he received it, turned out to be counterfeit, so he disputed the charge. Paypal permanently banned him, and even though I had a separate … Continue reading →

SUBJECT: Customer Complaint, Dear PayPal CEO: I am a PayPal and eBay customer. I am writing to you as a last resort. Your company has treated me very badly and has left me with no choice but to contact you. … Continue reading →

Months ago i opened a paypal account and sold an iphone to this guy tracking information signature confirmation etc…the guy claimed the box was empty and after an appeal i received my 450.00 but paypal froze them for six months … Continue reading →

Hi I was a seller on ebay and received fraud paypal emails telling me the transaction was processing. I sent the item out based on these “paypal” emails saying the transaction was processing. The site never actually had a transaction … Continue reading →